Bøger af Alex Callinicos

This Handbook explores the development of Marxism and Post-Marxism, setting them in dialogue against a truly global backdrop. Transcending traditional disciplinary boundaries an international range of expert contributors guide the reader through the main varieties and preoccupations of Marxism and Post-Marxism.

An accessible introduction to the author of Capitaland coauthor of The Communist Manifesto, with a focus on his relevance in today's world. Few thinkers have been declared irrelevant and out-of-date with such frequency as Karl Marx. Hardly a decade has gone by since his death in which establishment critics have not announced the death of his theory. And yet, despite their best efforts to bury him, Marx's specter continues to haunt his detractors more than a century after his passing. As the boom and bust cycle of global capitalism continues to widen inequality around the world, a new generation is discovering that the problems Marx addressed in his time are remarkably similar to those of our own. In this engaging and accessible introduction, Alex Callinicos demonstrates that Marx's ideas hold an enduring relevance for today's activists fighting against poverty, oppression, environmental destruction, and the numerous other injustices of the capitalist system.

Something dramatic happened in the late summer and autumn of 2008. The post-Cold War world came to an abrupt end. This was the result of two conjoined crises. First, in its brief war with Georgia in August 2008, Russia asserted its military power to halt the expansion of NATO to its very borders.

The global policies of the United States over the years encouraged the widespread belief that we live in a new era of imperialism. But is this belief true, and what does 'imperialism' mean? Exploring these questions, this book intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day.

The second edition of this remarkably lucid text, provides a wide-ranging historical introduction to social theory. The new edition preserves, and further enhances, the book's striking qualities - its clarity, reliability, comprehensiveness and scholarship.

The great demonstrations at Seattle and Genoa have shown that we are in a new era of protest. The neo--liberal economic policies pursued by the Group of Seven leading industrial countries and the international institutions they control are provoking widespread resistance.

* An important and timely contribution to current political debates * Written in a lively and accessible way by a leading academic * Presents a radical alternative to the Third Way.

Social criticism has enjoyed a renaissance in the past few years. The anti-globalization protests at Seattle and Genoa and the great marches against the war in Iraq have put contestation of capitalism and imperialism back on the political and intellectual agenda.

* A controversial and provocative view on an extremely timely and important topic. * Examines the neo--conservative foreign policies of the Bush administration and the "Project for the New American Century". * Highly topical and will appeal to the media in the US and the UK.

a The class war is over. But the struggle for true equality has only just begun,a Tony Blair has declared. The world indeed enters the 21st century heaving with poverty and inequality. Just three super--rich men have a net worth equal to the income of the 36 poorest countries in the world.

This Handbook explores the development of Marxism and Post-Marxism, setting them in dialogue against a truly global backdrop. Transcending traditional disciplinary boundaries an international range of expert contributors guide the reader through the main varieties and preoccupations of Marxism and Post-Marxism.

Making History is about the complex interaction between human agency and social structures.